What did Commerce Department publish on Feb. 7?

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Economic Survey.

The Department includes the Census Bureau, which is used to determine many factors about American life. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department is involved in misguided foreign trade policies and is home to many unneeded programs.

Notices are required documents detailing rules and regulations being proposed by each federal department. This allows the public to see what issues legislators and federal departments are focusing on.

Any person or organization can comment on the proposed rules. Departments and agencies must then address “significant issues raised in comments and discuss any changes made,” the Federal Register says.

Notices published by the Commerce Department on Feb. 7

Title
Western Pacific Fisheries; 2012 Annual Catch Limits and Accountability Measures
Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 275 Under Alternative Site Framework; Lansing, MI
Termination of Foreign-Trade Subzone 176A Dundee, IL
Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 118 Under Alternative Site Framework, Ogdensburg, NY
Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 124 Under Alternative Site Framework; Gramercy, Louisiana
Approval for Manufacturing Authority, Foreign-Trade Zone 22, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, (Pharmaceutical and Biological Intravenous Product Manufacturing), Chicago, IL
Reorganization and Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 272 Under Alternative Site Framework; Counties of Lehigh and Northampton, PA
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Expansion/Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 29, Louisville, KY
Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; U.S. Navy Training in the Southern California Range Complex
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Marine Geophysical Survey in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, February to March, 2012
Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee Public Meeting
Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Space Vehicle and Test Flight Activities from Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA
Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; U.S. Navy's Atlantic Fleet Active Sonar Training
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From Canada: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Second Administrative Review of Sodium Hexametaphosphate From the People's Republic of China: Extension of Preliminary Results
Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Economic Survey